Certain marine species will fare much worse than others as they become more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a new UBC study has found.
September, 2017
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25 September
Fish have complex personalities, research shows
Scientists from the University of Exeter studied how guppies behaved in various situations, and found complex differences between individuals.
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25 September
Brain damage in fish affected by plastic nanoparticles
“Our study is the first to show that nanosized plastic particles can accumulate in fish brains”, says Tommy Cedervall, a chemistry researcher at Lund University.
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22 September
Going diving in the tropics? Don’t eat the reef fish!
Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau’s ocean sustainability, finds a new UBC study that suggests other small island nations might also consider adopting this strategy.
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22 September
Environmental damage caused by Hurricane Irma in Cuba assessed
The scourge of Hurricane Irma in the Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus also left serious environmental damages in the biodiversity of protected important landscapes of this territory.
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22 September
Scientists pan proposal to open pristine Pacific islands to fishing
Marine scientists are warning that if the Trump administration rescinds fishing protections around eight Pacific islands, the United States will lose one of its best laboratories for measuring how a warming climate affects marine life.
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21 September
Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction by 2100
In the past 540 million years, the Earth has endured five mass extinction events, each involving processes that upended the normal cycling of carbon through the atmosphere and oceans.
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20 September
End-of-summer Arctic sea ice extent is eighth lowest on record
Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its yearly lowest extent on Sept. 13, NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder have reported.
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18 September
Researchers identify movement patterns of a parrotfish that rotationally harvests its favorite algae
A new study by UC Santa Barbara marine biologists shows for the first time that these large algae-eaters rotationally harvest their favorite food and then defend their feeding territory while the food patches recuperate sufficiently for the fleshy turf algae to return.
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18 September
Hurricane Maria to become major storm near Caribbean islands
The category one hurricane will rapidly strengthen over the next 48 hours and will hit the islands late on Monday, says the US National Hurricane Center.
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18 September
Arctic sea ice once again shows considerable melting
This September, the extent of Arctic sea ice shrank to roughly 4.7 million square kilometres, as was determined by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, the University of Bremen and Universität Hamburg.
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16 September
Greek oil spill forces closure of Athens beaches
Leak described as ecological disaster with authorities accused of failing to recognise scale of threat from sunken tanker.